The Latest Breaking News from John Harris

The story of Britain’s pools and leisure centres is one of neglect, decay and the lies of levelling up

As the NHS buckles and public health plunges, our cheap and accessible fitness facilities are being shuttered, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

Sweeping social care reforms can wait – homes need money and workers right now

Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023

There’s no point hoping for honesty about Brexit

Letters: Brexit was based on nostalgia for a mythical golden age and politicians who can see its failings are afraid to speak out, says Pete Dorey. Plus letters from Michael Ayton and Peter Riddle

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023

Westminster beware: the north is ready to take ‘levelling up’ into its own hands

Resolute mayors and angry MPs have a new confident voice – and they will use it to make the Tories’ empty words a reality, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Only planning reform can fix Britain’s housing crisis

Letters: Readers on how years of poor Tory leadership mean there is no end in sight to the chronic shortage of homes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022

The Tories are tearing themselves apart over housing – but this is another crisis of their own making

Twelve years of decaying public services mean any sensible conversation about much-needed new housing is impossible, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

They said we would ‘build back better’ after Covid. What breathtaking deceit

Instead of rewarding us for our suffering, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak are offering nothing but more hardship, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022

The British right’s hostility to climate action is deeply entrenched – and extremely dangerous

With voters increasingly fearful about fires, floods and extreme temperatures, can the Tories find a way back towards reality, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Want to understand Britain’s decline? Try catching a train in the north of England

The recent history of our trains is a hare-brained plunge into underinvestment, privatisation and crony capitalism, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Disastrous cuts loom, but the Tories have a secret weapon – our weary fatalism

People realise austerity 2.0 will wreck Britain, but many of us have lost the ability to imagine things could be different, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2022